Where does “rabbiter” come from?

rabbiter (English) comes from English rabbit, from Middle English rabet, from Middle French rabotte, from Dutch robbe, from English robert, from Anglo-Norman Robert.

rabbiter (English): One who hunts rabbits

Definitions

  1. One who hunts rabbits

Ancestry of “rabbiter”, step by step

rabbiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rabbit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrabbitA mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears,...
2Middle Englishrabet
3Middle Frenchrabotte
4Dutchrobbe
5Englishrobert
6Anglo-NormanRobert

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Anglo-Norman Robert